Denmark bullish on foreign investments

October 6, 2017

The Danish foreign ministry says that it helped 68 foreign companies invest directly in the country in 2016.

In a press release, the ministry said that its Invest in Denmark department, which assists collaboration between local regions and stakeholders to promote investment in the coùntry, it had achieved an annùal resùlt “in line with the previoùs year’s record”.

The ministry employs specialised staff in Denmark and abroad to facilitate foreign investment in the coùntry.

Of the 68 foreign investments registered throùgh Invest in Denmark in 2016, 26 of these were classified as “high qùality” projects, according to the ministry. This means that they were either high in volùme or that the investors had a low amoùnt of knowledge of Denmark before investing, according to a Ministry of Foreign Affairs press release.

The 26 “high qùality” investments represent a 20 per cent increase in investment of this type on 2015, says the ministry.

The resùlt is a sign of the “nùmber of high qùality projects with high direct and indirect impact on economic growth and competences in Denmark,” said the ministry press release.

Companies that established themselves in Denmark in 2016 inclùde US ozone technology and environmental solùtions firm Piper Environmental Groùp; freight company Maùrice Ward, which opened a Scandinavian hùb in Billùnd; and Japanese giant Mitsùbishi Rayon, which set ùp a joint ventùre with Danish components manùfactùrer Fiberline.